© Megan Lowe
Wildlife garden plants
Below is a list of readily available garden plants that are great for wildlife. You can find most of the species listed at your local garden centre.
Garden plants
- Achillea Moonshine
- Apple Cox’s Orange Pippin
- Aubretia (Kit Blue)
- Aubretia (Kitte Blue)
- Campanula (Dickson’s Gold)
- Ceanthus Italian Skies
- Ceranium Ivy Lulu
- Chives
- Cosmos Pink
- Cosmos White
- Cotoneaster Hyb Pendulus
- Cotoneaster ‘Pendulus’
- Currey Plant
- Dianthus Early Love
- Erysuym Bowls Mauve
- Fuchsia Bella Hilda
- Fushia ‘Bella’ Hilda
- Geranium Ivy ‘ Flair’
- Geranium Ivy Flaire
- Geranium Ivy Lulu
- Hawthorn Hedge Plants
- Hebe Dark Angel
- Knautia Macadonia
- Lavandula Ang. Ardeche
- Lavandula St Anouk
- Leucanthemum, vulgara ‘Filigram’
- Marigold French Orange
- Mint (Moroccan)
- Namesia Wisley Vanilla
- Oregano
- Pennisetum Al Hameln
- Pennisetum Set. Summer Samba
- Runner Beans
- Sage (Purple)
- Salvia Caradonna
- Scabious Caradonna
- Standard Perennial
- Strawberry (Roman)
- Thyme (Aureus)
- Verbascum Pink Kisses
Available from Squires Garden Centres
Aquatic plants
- Hottonia palustris (water violet)
- Lobelia cardinalis ‘Queen Victoria’ (Scarlet Lobelia)
- Mentha aquatica (water mint)
- Myositis palustris (water forget-me-not)
- Pilularia globulifera (Peppergrass)
- Primula vialii (pagoda primrose)
Available from Maidenhead aquatics
More ways to help wildlife in your garden
- More plants for polinators (https://www.surreywildlifetrust.org/get-involved/plants-pollinators)
- Wildlife ponds (https://www.surreywildlifetrust.org/get-involved/wildlife-ponds)
- Pest or guest? (https://www.surreywildlifetrust.org/get-involved/pest-or-guest)
- Helping hedgehogs (https://www.surreywildlifetrust.org/get-involved/helping-hedgehogs)
- Caring for birds (https://www.surreywildlifetrust.org/get-involved/caring-birds)
- Bringing back bees (https://www.surreywildlifetrust.org/get-involved/bringing-back-bees)